The Waco daily examiner. [volume] (Waco, Tex.) 187?-1888, 1887-10-19

on at least one subject, and that Is
that there is no present or prospec-
tie utility III a grand confederate
combustion such as the Grand Army |
of the Il public is in the north The
day i, passed for all that, and 1t is not
needed. Let Us rather forget the sec
tional feelings of the past and culti-
vate only that broad patriotism which
takes III III It's swoop the whole couu-
try north and nth, undivided, strong,
unijed and entirely friendly. ANY
combination which is to teach any
thing else Is dangerous to the public
peace aud oughtt to be sat down upon
by every patriot. This is why the
Grand Army Of the Republic ought
to be diebauded by law, if ii cannot
be done otherwise. We want aud need
no more of their nonsense.
Coz. ED. LINN, editor of the Vic
toria Advoc ate arrives at the conclu-
sion contained in the following after
a long experience with the bust
ness
The Herald, new paper recently
started at Lock hart has succumbed to
the inevitable. The Herald was
started TO catch the railroad boom.
not withstanding the fact that the
LEICESTER, an Old established paper,
was sufficient to handle both Lock-
hart and her railroad boom. One
paper is about all the average Texas
town can support decently.
Mrs. DINAH MARIA CRAIK, Miss
Mulock) the author of John Halifax
Gentleman, is dead. There Is not
cultured lady or gentleman in all the
English speaking world who has not
read that most admirable book, and
but few of them all but vote it the
best book of fiction in the language.
Miss Mu.ock will live IN the memory
of the lovers of pure literature long
after some of the modern pets have
been torgotter.
THEeummer eXouusters to Califor.
MIA are all at home again, except
few that stick. Texans. leaving this
country because it it drouthy-it does
rain here sometimes and going 70
California, where il never rains at all,
are jumping out of the frying-pan
into the fire. But fow do it.
loCNG journalist What ever YOU
do, don't attempt obituary poetry.
Anything but hat. The race of
Young Obituary poets which have
grown up under the wing of George
Washington Childs, is very numer-
GUS and very wretched.
THE Courier says the deugue is
wrestling with the dudes OF TYLER.
After it gets through with them we
suggest that ii tackles Bill HernloG
and Tom Bonner for change. 1t will
be big shake If it can catch up with
either of these illuStrious personsges.
The New York Star despises the
Hon. Joseph Pulitzer, but the Hon
orab!e Joe gets there all the same. |
Indeed, the Word is now one of the |
recognized powers of New York
journalism
STILL the OLD rock crossings smile
at you all along Austin street, They
are very sweet IN muddy weather,
and it is just possible that they were
put down for some such contingency.
TIE McGregor Observer, j. j. Pad
gctt editor and proprietor, is on our
table. For u first issue 1T is very
creditable. Success to it say we.
JIM NEWsoNE says that smith, or
a few Ike him by any other name,
could soon break up both stage and
train robbing. jim knows.
THE Levine grand opening Was one
of the stunning incidents in the his
tory of the retail dry goods business
of Waco
WE would Ike to have million to |
bet that Huntington will never see |
the inside OF n peni,entiary cell as a
convict
Mr.. JIM NEwsoME is attracting
his tull share OF attention here. He |
Is one Of the modern curiositles of
Texas.
The Trsde Review is going to
stralghten out the cotton tangle now
Last week it was the Dallas News.
ONE Smith were worth doz N |
b'ood hounds in the business of catch
ing up with the ira robb rs.
LET the SMITHS grow aud multiply. |